POSTAL SERVICES (DESIGNATION OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVIDER) ORDER

POSTAL SERVICES

(DESIGNATION OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVIDER)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 254.13

POSTAL SERVICES (DESIGNATION OF

UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROVIDER) ORDER

23rd November, 2012

LEGAL NOTICE 409 of 2012.

The title of this Order is the Postal Services (Designation

of Universal Service Provider) Order.

(1) Unless the context otherwise requires the provisions of

article 2 of the Postal Services Act shall apply to this Order.

(2) MaltaPost Plc is hereby designated as the universal service

provider with an obligation to provide the following universal

services

(a) every working day at least one delivery to each postal

address or other delivery point and at least one

collection from each current access point or as may be

agreed to with the Authority from time to time

Provided that the delivery and collection shall apply to

all postal articles which weigh up to 20 kilograms;

(b) services for registered postal articles;

(c) services for insured postal articles within Malta and to

and from all countries which, as signatories to the

Convention of the Universal Postal Union, declare

their willingness to admit such articles whether

reciprocally or in one direction only;

(d) the collection and onward transmission of postal

articles for destinations outside of Malta and the

receipt and delivery of postal articles originating

outside of Malta for addresses within Malta;

(e) services for the blind or partially sighted persons as

shall be agreed from time to time with the Authority;

(f)

a basic counter service throughout Malta; and

(g) the postal services indicated in regulation 23 of the

Postal Services (General) Regulations

Provided that MaltaPost Plc in providing these universal

services shall act in accordance with the obligations imposed on it

by or under the Act and any decision, any directive, or any

authorisation issued by the Authority.